Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act 2004 - SECT 1

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

Purposes

1. Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are-

   (a)  to provide for the authorisation, conduct and monitoring of controlled
        operations (including operations conducted in this and one or more
        other jurisdictions) for the purpose of obtaining evidence that may
        lead to the prosecution of persons for offences and that involve or
        may involve conduct for which participants in the operation would
        otherwise be criminally responsible; and

   (b)  to facilitate mutual recognition of things done in relation to
        cross-border controlled operations authorised under laws of other
        jurisdictions corresponding to this Act; and

   (c)  to provide for the indemnification of participants in authorised
        operations against civil liability in respect of the conduct of the
        operations; and

   (d)  to amend the Fisheries Act 1995 and the Wildlife Act 1975 regarding
        controlled operations under those Acts; and

   (e)  to repeal certain accomplice provisions in other Acts.